Research Profile

2017

• Smith, L.-A., Ryan, J. and Roe, C. A. (2017) A mixed-methodological analysis into Ayahuasca users from Western society; Parapsychological and transpersonal psychological perspectives. Poster presented to: 60th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, Athens, Greece, 20-23 July 2017.
• Poole, H., Sixsmith, J., Parkes, J., Ward, A., Pyer, M., Campbell, J., Machado, L., Rehling, T., Youell, J., Carter, J., Oyebode, J., O’Malley, M., Anthony, K., Rogers, S., Jones, J., Siddons, L., Smith, L.-A., Kay, T., Fraser, M., Score, J., El Khoury, L., Hameed, A., Albalbeisi, N., Durrant, L. G., Al-Zubaidi, R., Al-Rayahi, I., da Silva, K. and Taylor, J. (2017) Health and wellbeing amongst older people research in Northamptonshire. East Midlands Research into Ageing Network (EMRAN) Discussion Paper Series. 15, pp. 1-33. 2059-3341.
• Smith, L.-A., Ryan, J. and Evenden, R. (2017) Preliminary research data analysis of LSD consumption in Britain: a qualitative study. Invited Presentation presented to: 60th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, Athens, Greece, 20-23 July 2017.
• Dann, C. and Smith, L.-A. (2017) ‘Policing’ the female body: understanding how constructions of femininity are regulated via social practices. Paper presented to: British Psychological Society (BPS) Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference 2017, Windsor, Berkshire, 12-14 July 2017.
• Smith, L.-A., Ryan, J. and Evenden, R. (2017) “It’s like shrooms times a million, plus aliens”: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiential accounts from ayahuasca users in Britain. Invited Presentation presented to: 60th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, Athens, Greece, 20-23 July 2017.

2016

• Smith, L.-A., Ryan, J. and Evenden, R. (2016) Preliminary research data analysis of LSD consumption in Britain: a qualitative pilot study. Paper presented to: 20th Transpersonal Psychology Section Annual Conference: Spirituality, Psychology & Wellbeing: Transpersonal Psychology in Practice, Highgate House, Creaton, Northampton, 16-18 September 2016. Also presented at the Annual Psychology Division Staff Conference at The University of Northampton on 21 September 2016.

2015

• Smith, L.-A., Ryan, J., Roe, C. A. and Cooper, C. E. (2015) “It happens too frequently for me to be kind of coincidental”. A qualitative analysis of telephone telepathy experiences. Paper presented to: Joint Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Society (58th) and the Society for Psychical Research (39th) (PA-SPR 2015), University of Greenwich, London, 16-19 July 2015. (Unpublished)
• Ryan, J. and Smith, L.-A. (2015) “It’s like shrooms times a million, plus aliens”: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiential accounts from recreational Ayahuasca users. Invited Presentation presented to: 19th Annual Transpersonal Psychology Section Conference, Cober Hill, Scarborough, 18-20 September 2015. (Unpublished)
• Smith, L.-A. and Tucker, I. M. (2015) “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know”: the pervasive socio-medical and spatial coding of mental health day centres. Emotion, Space and Society. 14, pp. 3-9. 1755-4586.
• Smith, L.-A., Reed, L., Hickinbotham, L., Cooper, C. E. and Evenden, R. (2015) “Oh yes, it has to be all neat and tidy down there”: exploring the everyday narratives of young women’s perceptions and practices around genital appearance and sexual identities. Paper presented to: LGBT/Sexualities Conference, Manchester, 15 May 2015. (Unpublished)
• Smith, L.-A., Reed, L., Hickinbotham, L., Cooper, C. E. and Evenden, R. (2015) “Well nobody wants to see a hairy fanny do they?”: exploring the everyday narratives of young women’s perceptions and practices around genital appearance and sexual identities. Paper presented to: Roles: A Gender and Sexuality Forum 5th Annual Conference, University of Birmingham, 21 May 2015. [Also presented at: 21st International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, 15-17 July 2015] (Unpublished)

2014

• Smith, L.-A. and Mitchell, G. (2014) Incorporating Ashoka U into Psychology teaching. Paper presented to: 6th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC), The University of Northampton, 01-03 September 2014. (Unpublished)
• Tucker, I. M. and Smith, L.-A. (2014) Topography and mental distress: self-care in the life spaces of home. Journal of Health Psychology. 19(1), pp. 176-183. 1359-1053.

2012

• Smith, L.-A. (2012) ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’: exploring the everyday spaces of older, mental health service users. Doctoral thesis. The University of Northampton.

2011

• Callaghan, J., Tosh, J., Healicon, A., Burman, E. and Smith, L.-A. (2011) This post feminist moment? Theorising sex and sexual violence in an age of scepticism. Symposium presented to: 14th Biennial Conference of The International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP 2011), Thessaloniki, Greece, 27 June – 01 July 2011. (Unpublished)

2009

• Smith, L.-A. and Tucker, I. M. (2009) Fractured memoirs of a paranoid schizophrenic – one man’s autobiographical journey towards diagnostic embodiment. Paper presented to: Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference, Manchester, 26-28 August 2009. (Unpublished)
• Smith, L.-A. (2009) Within these four walls: unfolding older mental health service users experiences within the home spatiality. Paper presented to: 14th Emerging New Researchers in the Geographies of Health and Impairment (ENRGHI) Conference, Durham University, 06-07 April 2009. (Unpublished)
• Smith, L.-A. (2009) ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’: the (re)productive mapping of psycho-pathological landscapes. Paper presented to: Mapping Dangerous Spaces, British Library, 01 June 2009. (Unpublished)
• Smith, L.-A. (2009) “The perfunctory vagina”: exploring the experiential discourses of sexuality and self-regulatory performances to invoke the appearance of ‘well-being’ with Karen, a mental health service user. Paper presented to: British Psychological Society Psychology of Women Section (POWS) Annual Conference 2009, Windsor, 15-17 July 2009. (Unpublished)

2008

• Smith, L.-A. (2008) ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’: the pervasive nature of socio-medical boundaries within mental health day centres. Paper presented to: 13th Emerging New Researchers in the Geographies of Health and Impairment (ENRGHI) Conference, St Andrews University, Scotland, June 2008. (Unpublished)